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    Worst "artificial difficulty increase"

    I think it's such a cop-out when rather than introducing new enemies or upgrading older enemies with new or more interesting attack patterns, they simply raise the damage the enemies do to you in later levels. As much as I enjoyed the original Castlevania, for example, I feel it's such a cheap...
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    Female protagonists who aren't neccesarily beautiful but whom you like anyway?

    It really wasn't until the new generation of Metroid games (GBA, Prime, and Zero Suit in SSBB) that they gave her magnum tits, bootyliciousness, etc. But what I like about Metroid is that it's only either at the beginning or end you see her real face, except for that it really is gender-neutral...
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    Horribly wrong?

    Games are fun when the CPU perfect guards every goddamn blow!
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    What do YOU think of the Pokeymans metagame/metagames in general?

    Hmm... http://www.smogon.com/dp/tiers/ou Looking at that, some of those you would think not-that-useful if you didn't have an in-depth knowledge of the game. Legendaries aside, who would ever consider Tentacruel, Weavile, or Ninjask, as examples, generally considered standard fare Pokemon...
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    Female protagonists who aren't neccesarily beautiful but whom you like anyway?

    Ada's an exception, I wouldn't call Jill or Rebecca uber-Hollywood-hot. And George Bush/Obama ears are teh sexiness, foo'
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    Female protagonists who aren't neccesarily beautiful but whom you like anyway?

    I have no idea if this counts, but I feel that most of the female RE main characters aren't conventionally attractive, still hot in their own way, but not the way Hollywood shoves down our throats.
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    Horribly wrong?

    I remember being so excited for Chrono Cross due to my undying love for CT. ...Then I played the game. :(
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    Series that has gone downhill for you?

    The Mega Man RPGs (Battle Network/Star Force). BN was kinda interesting at first, then it milked the thing to hell. I mean, I know Mega Man is the epitome of over-milked franchises, but damn, man. They even ripped off Pokemon with the multiple versions thing.
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    What do YOU think of the Pokeymans metagame/metagames in general?

    Valiance, I'm not saying it's "wrong" to have that mentality, and I could not give a rat's ass about the hardcore PvP addicts or their community. Pokemon is basically an RPG version of Mega Man. Isn't that all that really matters? The fun, to me, is in figuring out the weaknesses and what...
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    What do YOU think of the Pokeymans metagame/metagames in general?

    Let me lay it out for ya here. I don't worry about natures (I'm sorry, but especially with Legendaries, I am NOT going to re-fight tedious battles over and over just so it has the best nature). To me, breeding is way too time-consuming and the immediate benefits seem dubious at best...
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    What do YOU think of the Pokeymans metagame/metagames in general?

    You know what I'm talking about. How some of the more...obsessive players tailor their teams by pouring countless hours into leveling, breeding, EVs, making sure the Poke has the BEST nature, choosing the exact set of moves they need to pwn everyone...to me, it makes it feel less like an...
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    22 y/o too old for pokemon?

    Is it wrong for me to mostly just ignore the whole game-within-the-game and just worry about using the most overpowering attacks? Because my strategy has always been all-out offense. I was never a fan of what I consider lame stat-boosting moves, unless the stat-boost is a side effect of a...
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    22 y/o too old for pokemon?

    hey dont knock barbie goty material rite thar
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    Nintendo World/TRU event Pokemon: acceptable gimmick, or annoying promotional tool?

    So after getting an Action Replay, I finally figured out how to put in the codes so as to be able to get the items needed to find Shaymin, Darkrai, and Arceus. For the curious, I did this AFTER winning against the Elite Four and Champion so as not to feel like I'm cheating TOO much, because it...
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    22 y/o too old for pokemon?

    Hey. I'm 25, and I recently got back into the series. I haven't played it since I gave up on R/B/Y back in the day, but I'm having so much fun with it. Fuck what others think, because what matters is that YOU have fun with the game. Besides, I never saw anything "childish" about some of the...